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to offer attributes and the whole of good luck, the hi british manager. you're welcome to the the news aisha. glad you could join us. the past few months have seen increased diplomatic activity between japan and south korea on a scale not seen in yes subsidy and president humans. a girl and japanese prime minister from york is she to have visited each of those countries. and senior defense officials met just last week in single full diplomatic engagement that appears to have sizable support. according to a survey, especially among young people and culture appears to be of the core of that engagement. rage pull tests, product boy coats

a national trade disputes relations between japan and south korea have been on the rocks in recent years. no, there's from boy and korean comedian is leading a cultural turner road is a i just had a car that was parked in a couple days in south korea. it's kim kim, looks japanese alter ego tanika, has helped to lighten the mood between these 2 neighbors. doing it with psalms and jokes. association office about total lead time is that of the for young people like us, we don't think about reasons to be friends. we just become friends. i never thought about those reasons. we don't become friends of someone because they have such a good qualities, but because with the same people i don't do any settings looking at it. the a fish sympathetic portrayal has become an online his. he has a 100000 subscribers on youtube. turning in to watch tanika devour koreans masks

on saudis is paying to see him live and pass and on stage. still i see his die hard funds. see his success has done much to heal the historic rest. in recent years or the airborne will not have enjoyed the japanese cultural since i was young. i hope people on so narrow minded about japan and hope it can be an opportunity to unite how can i could on here other similar to soon as i can. so we got some, there is a social atmosphere that sort of encourage boycotting of japanese culture on. so i was reluctant to talk about japan, olga perez, or after time because therapy on youtube, the atmosphere small overlap on an old with him as well. go clinic approach and then we'll take the full like between the 2 countries goes back to the era of

japanese colonial rule. and in particular, the expectation of women, women like lee young soon to are forced into sexual slavery in the 1940. so as of us, i hate to lose them, and when did, they must apologize and provide compensation by far, early examining the comfort women issue to humble who ran military process. so this is too, depending on the most cities that tied into trade, disputes at the national level and sweeping boy coats of goods via fashion. i'm tech brands, all in the firing line will not change. no. which depends. i saw hebrew back in favour again, much to the pleasure of being lovers. well, how about it and if there's something to apologize for,

it's right to get an apology from japan. but i think we don't need to be hung up on that and treat them badly. as neighboring countries or young people hope that we will get along well with each other. if these polls are indeed becoming friends again, it's no small thanks to the healing power of culture. the . joining me not the more context is john lee. he's an editor at the career pro, a website focused in south korea's foreign and domestic affairs. john, what role would you say is culture playing in bringing young people from south korea and japan closer? well, we have to consider that culture has always been a very important part between korea and japan, japanese movies, japanese pop songs, a animated comic books. these have always been very popular in korea and recently with a slight saw in the relations between the 2 countries. the younger greens,

especially, had been more willing to purchase a japanese clothes directly. so in japanese brands in general. and so this is helping to improve relation somewhat between the people to people, level international refrain, south korea and japan has always been overshadowed by the japanese occupation of career that ended with the end of world war 2. he's that at told a relevant to how younger south koreans perceived japan as well. i wouldn't say that it is complete absence. well younger south koreans might not be as invested in the past events as well. generations might be, it's always still there. and so whether you're talking about the, the war crimes or, and occupation that japan conducting career in the 1st have to 20th century, all of that is still part of south priest the history of history curriculums. and so that will never totally disappear. and might have we been,

but it will not be done. a good thing. we're talking about young people next talk about the leaders of both countries who met frequent during the past few months and known and talked of improving ties. what's behind that? these are rep for our small as well. let's start with the soft green president. press it against on the order is a little different from most of the conventional politicians. whereas most politicians would be very intuitive, concerned about the approval ratings presentations. and you're relatively doesn't seem to care all that much. she is very much an idealist. he's driven by his ideas. and his ideals dictates that he needs to pursue a closer relationship with the western countries. but the democracies of the well and i think those japan and so he is convinced that pursuing they talked with japan does the right thing to do. and so that's where he's at right now as being crusty,

easier, depending on how to talk about the communication of. she is much more cautious in approaching as his religion with the soft premium. we have to remember that he was the foreign minister at the time when for president buckland and former japanese problem discussions of hobby came up with this, supposed to be final, it reversible deal to oversee to comfortable them and problems that occurred in the past. and so because he was the japanese more minutes at the time who pushing the lobby to pursue this new soft career, he has been burned before when soft periods suddenly turned around and decided that those deals were no longer relevant. and so whereas he is reciprocating because it usually goes on olive branch, he might not be as gun whole bought it. uh, but all the, any geostrategic needs that a more pressing this time around that brings in japan and south korea together. the

most certainly the, but with the rise of china and china becoming more searches and with the rise of will board diplomacy as people are on the single of the past few years. there have been a lot of concerns about china is rising as a certain this in the region and the costs are 3 japan have a lot of common, haven't they have a lot of commonalities when it comes to industries and they're competing against china right now. and of course, because they're starting a lot with the u. s. and there's a lot of sheets in the back and forth between washington and beijing sold in tokyo, especially under the current governments. have all have the impotence they have the need motivation to try to get close it together. but whether or not this is going to be a long term sort of factor that will help that will keep relations improving and preparatory. it as a different matter altogether because we got to remember that china has always been there when we talked about 510 or 12 years ago. china, it has been

a rise economy. but in the past, south korea, japan has still turned away from each other despite the rising china at the time as well. so we'll just continue. that remains to be seen. what should we be looking out on the coming months? and the coming months of 3 is going to have a domestic election the parliamentary elections. and if you look at the polls right now, a majority of soft 3 and say that they expect the opposition party to maintain control of the national assembly. now that the art stream, the bad news for president can send y'all, because if the democrats, if the opposition party, the democratic party, they maintained control, the national assembly president use domestic policies are going to be just stop for the rest of his presidential term. and so he is going to have to try to get a numbers up. now, will he trying to be more settled to what japan, if he feels that his approval ratings are not going up high enough to keep us comfortable. but next year's elections the my change support,

he is not indicated that he will, but in politics is anyone's gonna guess. john will leave it there for the time being. thank you so much for joining us today. johnny. thank you very much. in indonesia, thousands of in the washer pads have climbed an active volcano to offer tributes, including live stock, all in the hope that if we bring them good luck, it's all her fault of an ancient from the just ritual. i turn me to please the gods house and stuff. difficulties got the at the same of this active was, cannot worship us from the thing good. tried an indigenous group in eastern java, play mount promo each year to sacrifice some of their belongings from gaiety to good use and from like disability or can afford to sacrifice the quotes to the smoking crater. it's a way for the really just to offer it did try to do to their gods.

we have a lot of cows back home and so one of them can be considered additional. i have brought one cow here to return it to the gods. the i can do this once a year because i'm hoping for a better income. i can let my wealth is better now than before. therefore i have come to offer my thanks to god the man, but not everything. get smoked in the one can really just from other tribes, a great deal on the steep slopes with the get to catch the offerings. the sacrifice is a month for centuries owing to get the new york thought the festival. it is on the 14th day of the festival when worship us make offerings to the mountain gods. the legend is that in the 15th century, a childless prince and princess of the japanese him the empire were trying to

didn't wish for the children by the gods. but on the promise that the youngest child would be sacrificed to, the one can know for the prosperity of the thing could be. but since then, the festival continuous. and it's the faith of the little be drive that drives them to for the $32.00. and that does it for today is more from the region on our website, the the dot com forward slash a shift into your back half tomorrow. goodbye. the key code in india can seems around 1000000 tons of the year, 2 percent of business recycling a daily basis. don't just come up with the most could you may from

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